Children Book Reviews

Name: Jack Age 11
13 November 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Personally, I do not like to read but after looking at the temple run books my opinion on reading has changed. If my library has more of these books I will be in there all the time. Great if they are linked to do a quiz as that is what we have to do at school after we have read a book.

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
12 November 2014;

Genre: Adventure

I was pleasantly surprised by this book; it's not just another copy-cat Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Martin Moone is a kid with plenty of problems and no imagination. He is overwhelmed by his three sisters, his mum and dad seem have given up on him as a general disappointment, and he has the Bonner Bro...

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Name: Janet Fisher
20 October 2014;

Genre: Adventure

This is a beautiful book, from the arresting cover with the owl's talons homing in on the voles beneath, to the story inside peopled with very black drawings by Simon Mendez. It is obvious that a great deal of thought has gone into the making of this book, which make it a joy to handle. The story...

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Name: issy Age 8
08 October 2014;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

I liked it when kirsty and rachel saved the seahorse from those mean, horrible goblins!

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Name: June Hughes
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Lynne Reid Banks is well-known and loved for her many childrens books, including The Indian in the Cupboard but this new book is based very much on her own experiences during the Second World War. Uprooted tells the story of Lindy, who is ten at the start of the book, her mother and her cousin C...

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Name: June Hughes
10 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

The City of Fear is the third in the series of books featuring Ben Kingdom and the Watchers and their battles against the forces of evil and wickedness, known as the Legion. It follows the pattern of the previous books, following the action over a period of five days. Little snippets of backgroun...

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Name: Ashwina Age 8
06 September 2014;

Genre: Friends and family

I Liked the part when the ogre went inside a dancing room full of humans dancing away through the sky lit night.

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Name: Janet Fisher
06 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Flo has a problem grandmother who does not seem to want to live in the modern age and has a habit of arriving on her broomstick and causing havoc. Flo's very modern mother, the a high-flying magazine editor of Hocus Pocus, has offered her mother all mod cons including a spellstick - but to no av...

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Name: Holly Age 11
26 August 2014;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I love the thrill of been able to try and work out the murderer without it being really easy!

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Name: Alice Hill
16 July 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Charlie Fletcher - who is behind the Stoneheart books - has delivered an exciting and enthralling adventure story about a London where time stops for humans while its statues come to life. At the centre of the action are siblings Will and Jo, who have their own unresolved issues around an accide...

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